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Submitted to Contest #321
Chapter One – The Crowded SkyThe sky had always been crowded.Not with clouds or storms but with moons - half a dozen of them, silver and blue and copper, glowing softly above the planet like patient lanterns. The largest, the golden moon with its shining plateau, carried a colony of miners and dreamers. The others drifted in measured orbits, serene as pearls on invisible strings.Fred adjusted the eyepiece of the Grand Array telescope, his hands steady despite the late hour. The brass fittings hummed faintly as he tuned them, aligning the Arr...
Submitted to Contest #320
Adventure at Our Age?Bill steadied himself against a pine trunk and exhaled. His knees always protested on the inclines now, though he tried not to let June see. She was a hawk for weakness, had been ever since they’d met in their twenties at a walking club.“You all right?” she called back, not even winded, her silver hair bright in the morning sun.“Fine,” he said. “Just enjoying the view.”The view was, admittedly, worth the pause. The lake below them was a mirror, so still that the mountains above looked like they were growing straight out ...
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